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MovieMail's Review
Starring Ellen Burstyn in an Oscar-winning performance, this feminist road movie prefigured Thelma and Louise by 17 years.
This journey from domestic drudgery in New Mexico towards Monterey in pursuit of a singing dream amounted to a feminist road movie a good 17 years before Thelma & Louise.
Ellen Burstyn’s Alice sets off with 12-year-old son Tommy (the terrific Alfred Lutter) after the untimely death of her inattentive husband. On the way there’s a diversion with a wife-beater in Phoenix and a hiatus in Tucson, where she takes a job in a diner to make ends meet and where a good guy (Kris Kristofferson) comes into her life. But is it enough to keep her there?
Alice may seem like something of an anomaly in Scorsese’s early career — indeed, it was Burstyn that brought him on board — but his stamp is all over it, from the lively rock soundtrack to the chilling turn from Harvey Keitel. And he had the good sense not to steal the film from Burstyn. She is the engine of this road trip, and won a deserved Oscar for her funny, heart-breaking, fully-rounded performance.
French Region 2 edition, playable in all UK DVD players
Film language is English, with optional French subtitles
Film Description
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore was Martin Scorsese's follow-up to Mean Streets and it could not have been more different.
Featuring an acclaimed Oscar-winning performance by Ellen Burstyn, it details the story of the spirited Alice's voyage towards happiness as she rebuilds and reassesses her life.
When Alice Hyatt is suddenly widowed after years of domesticity, she packs her station wagon and travels to California with her 11-year-old son Tommy to resume a singing career. Co-stars Kris Kristofferson, Alfred Lutter, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Vic Tayback and Oscar nominee Diane Ladd.
